GateHouse News Service New England Budget  July 24, 2007

Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com.

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Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com. Please submit stories below no later than 6 p.m. local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly. Questions?

A FIRST-FOR-TURF DEAL - In what might be the first such agreement between a citizens group and a municipality, town of Wayland will pay to monitor of the leachate from new high school turf field made of ground-up tires – fear of well contamination.
MetroWest Daily News, Reuell, 15 inches, 6 p.m.

TOUGHER MIAA STUDENT-ATHLETE RULES - A new MIAA regulation says high school athletes caught drinking or using drugs in the off-season will pay the penalty when their regular sports season rolls around.
MetroWest Daily News, Kelly, 15 inches, 6 p.m.

CASINO STORIES
1. THE DOWNSIDE - You take the good with the bad. And when it comes to the proposed casino in Middleboro, the bad includes traffic, more demand on local police, problem gambling, etc.
Taunton Gazette, Winokoor, 22 inches, 6 p.m.
2. TOWN MEETING PLANNING - Secretary of state wants plan from the town on upcoming town meeting; also.
The Enterprise, Allegrini, 10 inches, 6 p.m.
3. TRIBE OPTIONS - Technically the tribe can put a casino there without town approval but it would be an uphill battle at the federal level.
The Enterprise, Allegrini, 10 inches, 6 p.m.

CHAD GREEN’S DEATH - A look back at the Scituate kid whose parents fought the medical establishment 25 years ago to treat their son's cancer with laetrile. (He died fairly soon thereafter.) The mother has written a book, and otherwise sounds of her on the experience.
Patriot Ledger, Schieble, 25 inches, 6:30 p.m.
With photos

Business

HOTTIE DOGS - The tank top-wearing housewife owners of the shuttered Hottie Dogs remain in a pickle as town officials offered sympathy for their cause but not permission to reopen their concession trailer.
Milford Daily News, Morton, 12 inches, on wire now

Opinions

RICK HOLMES COLUMN - Christians are fleeing the Middle East, a modern exodus fueled by Islamist violence and the mistakes of the Bush administration.
MetroWest Daily News, 6 p.m.

MAHONEY CARTOON - On Martha Coakley and Big Dig settlement
On wire now

Sports

HIGH HOPES FOR PATRIOTS - a number of pigskin pundits believe Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli have given their team its best shot at a Super Bowl championship since it won No. XXXIX in Jacksonville.
The Enterprise, Farley, 23 inches, on wire now

Lifestyles

FOOD ON THE SIMPSONS - In terms of food, “The Simpsons” isn’t exactly “The Sopranos.” Food serves no allegorical purpose, it does not foreshadow anything, and most of the time you barely notice it. Except when it is the means to deliver a hilarious joke.
The Patriot Ledger, Zaremba, 18 inches, on wire now
With Homer art